"Knives and Skin" bears heavy markers of obvious influences, but it's an ambitious mixture brought together in an original fashion and with distinct vision that leaves a definite The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review. Most of "Knives and Skin" is purposefully opaque, straddling that line between open to interpretation and something that's designed to purposefully frustrate and confuse. The movie that follows pretends to care but is more about the impact of her disappearance than any sort of mystery waiting to be solved.

The heroines belong to their school's all-female choir, and Carolyn's mom is. Movie review of Knives Out, directed by Jennifer Reeder, starring Kate Arrington, Tim Hopper, Marika Engelhardt. Knives and Skin opens with strong shadows blocking out a face.

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The look on this mother is one of many concerns. From left, Aurora Real De Asua, Ireon Roach and Haley Bolithon in "Knives and Skin."Credit. Knives and Skin movie reviews & Metacritic score: What happened to Carolyn Harper? Part suburban nightmare, part neon-soaked teenage fever dream, this Knives and Skin presents an unsettling mix of girlishness, macabre, sweetness, and despondency best encapsulated in a nail polish color sported. The creators of Knives and Skin not only barely conceal their inspiration from two famous productions in particular but the advertisers of the film and reviewers alike constantly harken back to the two big shadows this film lives beneath. The show Twin Peaks and the indie darling Donnie Darko.

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Using Carolyn's disappearance as a dramatic device, Knives and Skin highlights some of the oppressive pressures that weigh on young women generally, from useless boyfriends to. IFC Midnight presents a film written and directed by Jennifer Reeder. Sign up for the Entertainment Newsletter.

The top stories and must-read reviews in Chicago theater and entertainment, sent to you weekly. Set in an unnamed small town in the American Midwest, the film centers on the disappearance of high school student Carolyn Harper (Raven Whitley), and explores its effect on the townspeople. Written and directed by Jennifer Reeder. KNIVES AND SKIN is a mystical teen noir that follows a young girl's. "Jennifer Reeder's candy-colored slice of life movie draws from cult favorites like "Repo Man," "Suspiria," "Heathers" and the films of John Hughes." Триллер, драма, детектив. Режиссер: Дженнифер Ридер. В ролях: Кейт Аррингтон, Тим Хоппер, Марика Энгельхардт и др. Музыка: Ник Зиннер. Продюсер: Brian Hieggelke, Jan Hieggelke.